energy storage
22 February 2012
US energy storage specialist Aquion Energy has selected a site in Pennsylvania for its first full-scale manufacturing plant.
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22 February 2012
A privately-owned energy storage company has revealed it is looking to raise £1.6m in growth funding to commercialise its liquid air engine technology.
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17 February 2012
French energy storage company Saft has been contracted by Green Charge Networks to support a $92m smart grid demonstration project being developed in New York.
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13 February 2012
US energy storage company A123 Systems has been contracted by UK electricity distribution network operator Northern Powergrid to supply six grid battery systems.
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8 February 2012
A Middle Eastern investment firm will reportedly look to source Chinese fuel cell and water treatment deals over the coming months.
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8 February 2012
A US start-up has told NewNet that it will look to secure strategic investment from either the cleantech private equity sector or a corporate partner.
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7 February 2012
Global cleantech developer Intelligent Energy has formed a joint venture with Japanese car giant Suzuki to develop and produce air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industrial sectors.
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6 February 2012
The majority of assets owned by bankrupt US energy storage developer Beacon Power have been acquired by private equity firm Rockland Capital, for a combination of cash and a promissory note totalling $30.5m.
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19 January 2012
Green technology start-up Varentec has closed a $7.7m Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures.
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19 January 2012
The North American division of Japanese car-maker Nissan has partnered with ABB, 4R Energy and the Sumitomo Corporation of America to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.
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18 January 2012
An India-based cleantech venture capital fund is set to launch by March and has set a fundraising target of $100m.
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13 January 2012
German chemical giant BASF has made a $50m equity investment into US energy storage company Sion Power.
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12 January 2012
US energy storage company PowerGenix has formed a joint venture with the Chinese government's China City Construction Corporation to develop, manufacture and sell advanced batteries for the automobile and other markets.
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10 January 2012
Gussing Renewable Energy has selected onsite power systems developer ClearEdge Power to achieve its goal of producing of producing 50MW of clean energy from fuel cells in Austria by 2020 in a $500m agreement.
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5 January 2012
US energy storage company Axion Power has been contracted to provide a battery solution from SilTek for a zero energy building at a Washington DC naval yard.
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3 January 2012
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China have completed construction of a utility-scale renewable energy and battery facility in Hebei province, east China.
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22 December 2011
US lithium-ion fuel cell developer Boston-Power has secured $30m private equity financing led by existing investor GSR Ventures.
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20 December 2011
Israel-based fuel cell developer CellEra has closed a $9.2m investment round led by Vodafone Ventures, the venture capital arm of communications company Vodafone, and Israeli VC firm Carmel Ventures.
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19 December 2011
The key to making energy grids more intelligent are getting the network operators on board not the power utilities, an industry expert told NewNet.
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16 December 2011
The AIB Seed Capital Fund, managed by Dublin Business Innovation Centre, has led an investment into Red-T, a developer of flow battery technology.
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